Infrastructure Specialist - Networking

Title: Infrastructure Specialist - Networking

Location: St. Louis, MO

Company: Fortune 100 Food & Beverage Manufacturing (FuseGlobal has worked with this company for 20 years)

Initial term: 12 months (position expected to run longer)

Schedule: Onsite Monday - Thursday, Remote Fridays

Travel: 25%

Position Summary

The Infrastructure Specialist manages company's manufacturing infrastructure across North America, requiring strong technical and communication skills. This role supports server operating systems, Intel hardware, Windows and Linux operating systems, SAN storage, hypervisor and virtualization solutions across all platforms in the company environment. The specialist ensures the delivery, availability, and performance of all systems supporting company factory manufacturing environments.

Primary Responsibilities

Collaborate with internal and external partners to evaluate and design highly available solutions for manufacturing environments.

Maintain current systems; evaluate, recommend, test, and install new technologies.

Contribute to strategic technical plans and reviews; prepare and complete action plans.

Implement production, productivity, quality, and customer-service driven systems.

Resolve problems and determine system improvements.

Manage projects for major updates and changes, ensuring compliance with company standards and specifications.

Provide technical expertise in:

• Windows Servers - Clusters and OS
• Hypervisor and virtualization (VMWare)
• SAN Storage systems
• ThinClients & ThinManager Platform
• GE iFIX, GE Historian, Wonderware, Rockwell suite, Ignition
• Redhat OpenShift and Enterprise Linux platforms
• Backups
• Azure / AWS platform support
• Participate in on-call rotation to support critical factory issues.
• Adhere to company compliance processes for implementing/upgrading factory solutions.
• Lead the change management lifecycle, ensuring regular testing before production release.
• Collect, analyze, and summarize data and trends in new technologies for storage architecture, capacity, high availability, and response time.
  
  

Other Duties And Responsibilities

• Promote process improvement and contribute to team efforts by completing projects and solving problems related to ongoing initiatives.
• Collaborate with factory personnel and other internal/external business partners.
• Perform other duties as assigned.
  
  

Education

QUALIFICATIONS AND SKILLS:

• Bachelor’s degree plus 3 years’ experience, or
• Associate’s degree plus 5 years’ experience, or
• High school diploma/equivalent plus 7 years’ experience in Engineering, IT, or a related technical field.
  
  

Experience

• Hardware Systems Architecture
• Hypervisor Technologies
• SAN Storage Technologies
• Azure, AWS, or similar cloud platforms
  
  

Skills

• Experience working on large, cross-functional projects
• Designing, developing, and maintaining manufacturing automation systems and architecture
• Broad understanding of infrastructure hardware, software, and network topologies
• Excellent communication and problem-solving skills
  
  

Compensation And Benefits

• Up to $84 per hour Overtime
• Medical insurance
• Dental insurance
• Vision insurance
• 401(k)
• Disability insurance
  
  

ABOUT FuseGlobal

FuseGlobal is a partnership of people and brand-leading companies, working together to make things run better. For 25 years we have brought functionality to complex business and production processes and supply chains, resulting in enterprises that run smarter and more sustainably. Interested in digital manufacturing, industrial engineering, supply chain management, all-things tech, and energy & the environment? This is where we live. Engage with us!